Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act—

“affiliate” in relation to a regulated entity means—

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    (a)     a company which is or has at any relevant time been—

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      (i)     a holding company or subsidiary of the regulated entity,

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      (ii)     a subsidiary of a holding company of the regulated entity, or

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      (iii)     a holding company of a holding company or a subsidiary of a subsidiary of the regulated entity; or

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    (b)     any company over which the regulated entity has control;

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    (c)     any company over which the regulated entity and any person associated with the regulated entity has control;

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    (d)     any company which has common ownership with the regulated entity;

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    (e)     any company which has the same beneficial owner and share common management and interlinked businesses with the regulated entity;

Auditor” means a person who—

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    (a)     is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean and Saint Lucia; and

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    (b)     is independent of the licensee and the parent company of the licensee;

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    (Inserted by Act 7 of 2016)

“Authority” means the Financial Services Regulatory Authority established under section 3;

“authorised authority” means an authority authorised in writing by the Minister;

“director” means a director referred to under section 5;

“Eastern Caribbean Central Bank” means the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank established under the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement 1983;

“Financial Intelligence Authority” means the Financial Intelligence Authority established under the Money Laundering (Prevention) Act;

“family member” in relation to a person, means the person's father, mother, brother, sister, child, grandchild, husband or wife;

“licence” includes permit, permission, authorisation or registration issued under an enactment specified in Schedule 1;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Finance;

“prescribed” means prescribed in Regulations made under this Act;

“regulated entity” means an entity regulated, licenced or registered under this Act and any enactment specified in Schedule 1;

“regulated service” means a service carried on by a regulated entity;

“Regulations” means Regulations made under section 47;

“regulatory authority” means an authority which, in Saint Lucia or a country or territory outside Saint Lucia, exercises functions corresponding to any functions of the Authority or functions as a supervisory authority of a bank;

“regulatory functions” means functions of the Authority under this Act or any enactment specified in Schedule 1.